Natural Born Killers is a 1994 American crime/black comedy film directed by Oliver Stone about two victims of traumatic childhoods who became lovers and serial killers, and are irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. It stars Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis, along with Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Downey, Jr., Tom Sizemore, and Tommy Lee Jones. The film is based on a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino that was heavily revised by Stone with writer Dave Veloz and associate producer Richard Rutowski. Notorious for its violent content, the film was named the eighth most controversial movie of... all time by Entertainment Weekly in 2006. Natural Born Killers was promoted with the tagline: "A bold new film that takes a look at a country seduced by fame, obsessed by crime and consumed by the media." It was released theatrically in the United States on August 26, 1994. Mickey Knox and his wife Mallory stop at a roadside café in the New Mexico desert. A group of rednecks arrive and one begins sexually harassing Mallory. She briefly encourages them before beating them to a pulp.
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| Release date: | August 26, 1994 |
| Directed by: | Oliver Stone |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 118 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jane Hamsher, Don Murphy, Clayton Townsend |
| Editor: | Brian Berdan, Hank Corwin |
| Music by: | Brent Lewis |
| Cinematography: | Robert Richardson |
| Screenplay by: | David Veloz, Richard Rutowski, Oliver Stone |
| Estimated budget: | $50,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller |